Talking about Picture Books: The influence of maternal education on four-year-old children⇔s talk with mothers and pre-school teachers

Journal of Early Childhood Literacy

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 181-210

  Torr, Jane ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

adult child talk; early childhood; maternal education; picture books; shared reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993790703     PISSN: 14687984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468798404044515     Document Type: Article

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